 Hallå Laddingtons, det här är ett follow-up-video till min Gamen bookreview av The Witcher Så en komment Säg Det är åter Jag vill säga, Sapkowski hade plagiariserat Han är en karaktär Det är egentligen kopplat Ska någon annars jobba Och jag tittade på det och trodde att det skulle bli en bra idé att respondera till det, för jag trodde att det var lite Själv indeed Först och för mest Jag vill säga The contrarian nature of everyone who criticize him Whenever there comes anything popular You always have these guys just They have to go against the grain They have to be contrarian, they have to find faults And you know sometimes it's good to go against the grain It's good to say your piece if something is Obviously wrong So you know I say porn is wrong even though it's very popular Because I know it is wrong But Some guys, just for the sake of it, have to be Special unique, they want to be Apart from everyone else and saying you know this is bad So therefore they find faults In this case they find faults with the witcher because Yeah they want to be unique So they come up with these Points of contention Which I have looked into And I will refute them now But before I do so I would like to share some plans with you all My esteemed Subscribers I'm actually writing my second book right now It's not a fiction book It's more a Social, cultural and political analysis of a few things But in the long term I do want to write fiction Fantasy or history of fiction I just need to sharpen my pen a bit more So that's why I'm writing a second book now And also because I have a lot of things I want to say But anyway I thought to mention this before I actually release a Fantasy or Or the historical fiction book And that is also to do with Original ideas, original names, etc So that was just the preface of my Me refuting the points of contention So anyway, first thing The white wolf is a moniker used by Sapkowski The witcher, Geralt of Rivia Is called the white wolf And apparently the other Character is also called the white wolf and This is rather silly I would say The white wolf is hardly an original moniker I don't think he's the first fantasy author to use the name I don't think there Has never been a Historical figure who has been referred to as the white wolf or the wolf I call myself the lion sometimes just as Plenty of other historical figures or even fictional figures You call yourself the lion because you want to evoke a sense of Royal majesty, a sense of vitality and power That's why I do it, same thing with the wolf And I don't think The story would have been any less good if Geralt was called The strong bear or something like that Now of course a white wolf is more suiting because he has White hair Which is also the second point of contention Apparently the other character also Has white hair Now we can talk about blonde hair First and foremost you might wonder why my hair looks a bit Darker and a bit more dull now than it did when I had long hair Simply a matter of Sun bleaching, a lot of sun bleached A lot of accumulated sun bleached hair But Give it a few months, then Helios and Baldur will bless my My hair with golden luster again But anyway, speaking of hair Basically all other heroes have long blonde hair You can talk about be a wolf or Achilles or elven heroes Everyone basically looks the same Speaking of elven heroes, here is The most epic of descriptions Glorfindel var tall och strait Hes hair var av shinning gold Hes face fair, young, fearless and full of joy Hes eyes were bright and keen And his voice like music On his brows at wisdom And in his hand was strength So if I write A fantasy novel or a short story With a guy who has long blonde hair Would I have copied someone else's work No, it's just an archetype Same thing with having White hair You know, the story of the witch could have been equally good if he had brown hair It's not a big deal So just because two characters have the same hair color Doesn't mean it's copied Then the third point of contention Having a magical sword And I would say in basically all Fantasy stories you have magical swords It would be strange if a character didn't have a magical sword Even in the Arthurian legend you have Excalibur A magical sword It adds to the story It's nothing unique, it's nothing original When I write the story I would probably also have a magical sword In view with some sort of Cool thing or whatever So in my opinion The witcher isn't good because he is Using magic It's not good because he uses A magic sword, it's not good because he has a moniker That is a white wolf, it's not good because he has White hair, he could have had brown hair or blonde hair The series would have been equally good So it's not a success because he has similar attributes as someone else It's a success because it is written In an entertaining and interesting way I like them, I like the books because there is a lot of new and student In terms of geopolitics, economics Societal issues Even tolerance, as I talked about Sexual morality You know, he imbues the stories with a lot of relevant and interesting social commentary And that is also why I like it Because it creates a bit more It makes it a bit more immersive Than just having you know battles and heroics etc Now furthermore in regards to fantasy My favorite setting The Warhammer world Which is geographically speaking our own world But with some changes Also inspired by European history You have Kislev, which is Russia You have the Empire Which is basically the Holy Roman Empire And you have classical elves Which you know, for a contrarian guy He would say oh, these guys have just copied Tolkien's work And I would say no, they have just Built on Tolkien's characters They've just taken elves, put them in a different setting Add a bit of griminess to the dark elves Add a bit of new and to the high elves etc But I don't see it as something bad I just see it as a very nice setting And games workshop If you're watching this Please do release more books from the old world It's a superior setting to Age of Sigmar I'm sorry to say it, but you know it's true So anyway You don't always need to find You know, nitpick fault You can just enjoy a story So that was just my response to the controversy If we shall even call it that Of The Witcher So anyway, since this is A bit more light hearted topic I might throw in some other clips After this little sequence So yeah, enjoy that And as always Thank you for watching And I hope you're all staying safe I was supposed to post boxing footage But then I reminded myself That I will actually make a separate video Will be a quick heavy bag Workout you can do at home For everyone who is fortunate enough To have a heavy bag But anyway, I thought just Put in some gaming footage From The Witcher 3 Vesemir and Gerald are being attacked By a griffon here as you might see So yeah, again I will recommend the game Good times, good times And now the cuddle princess Demands my attention But yeah, thanks for watching I'll see you in the next video XOXO, boom!